病気のため、私は外国へ行けなかった。

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病気のため、私は外国へ行けなかった。

English Translation

Illness prevented me from going abroad.

Furigana

病気(びょうき)のため、私(わたし)は外国(がいこく)へ行(い)けなかった。

Romanji

Byōki no tame, watashi wa gaikoku e ikenakatta.

Words

病気 (びょうき)

illness; disease; sickness

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

為 (ため)

good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

外国 (がいこく、そとぐに)

foreign country

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

行ける (いける、イケる)

to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good